Plating spindles etc

toastyhamster · Post by **toastyhamster** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:06 am

I was going to get the brake actuators and a few other bits nickel plated, anybody else done this and does it cause problems with spindle clearance? I guess they might polish up but they're steel so not sure of the options.

e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:20 pm

Why nickel, Toast? Chrome's the order of the day. Just seems an odd choice; unless I've missed something....

toastyhamster · Post by **toastyhamster** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:08 am

I guess I was looking for something more original and the spindles won't have been chromed from the factory? I guess people have chromed them ok then?
I'm on about the parts that go through the hub, not the chrome linkages on the outside.

e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:28 am

Ah, axles. I was thinking linkages.

Chrome, bro'; every one I see are all chrome. And the nuts.

toastyhamster · Post by **toastyhamster** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:18 am

No not the axles either! The bits the brake levers slide onto, that go through the hub and actual rotate against the brake shoe pushing it against the drum, they're like a weird bolt but with a spindle end instead of a thread.

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:02 am

They were zinc plated when issued and I have mine cad plated cause they won't rust again. .................lm

toastyhamster wrote:No not the axles either! The bits the brake levers slide onto, that go through the hub and actual rotate against the brake shoe pushing it against the drum, they're like a weird bolt but with a spindle end instead of a thread.

toastyhamster · Post by **toastyhamster** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:01 am

Thanks, I was wondering if plating the splindles could have caused fitting problems, given that every single thing on this bike is refusing to go together easily it wouldn't have surprised me.

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